(12-12-2017 12:57 AM)SDHornet Wrote:  

(12-11-2017 05:24 PM)AZcats Wrote:  

(12-11-2017 03:29 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(12-11-2017 01:56 PM)jacksfan29 Wrote:  This may be the dumbest thread of all time. NDSU has had a great run of success and it will likely continue though there were knocked off last year and, both South Dakota State (who have already beaten them this year) and JMU have shots at beating the Bison in the championship game.

JMU have only been solid the last two years and almost got knocked out of this years playoffs by Weber State. South Dakota State have had a good run the past 7 years, but prior to moving up SDSU were a basketball school with average FB.

There is no benefit, financially for any of the four schools mentioned to move up. Costs will increase dramatically while revenues stagnate. All for a shot at playing in the Potato Bowl?

All four administrations will sit back and wait things out. None are going to sign up for an FBS move right now, there are just too many question marks as to the future of G5.

Summit League is just a one bid league for men's basketball. When both NDSU and SDSU have a winning record? They both deserve to be in the 68 field team. They should look at going to the MWC that have a multi bid conference. Both schools will get their RPIs up, and they would earn more money that way. Both schools could actually get a deal with ESPN to hold home games like Boise State. They are hot schools on the rise, and they get more exposure than they do right now.

NCAA men's tourney bids for the MW in the last 5 years:

2013 - 5
2014 - 2
2015 - 3
2016 - 1
2017 - 1

The MW lost in the first round in both of the last 2 years. At-large bids are drying up outside of the P5 + Big East. Last year a grand total of 4 teams not from those 6 conferences got at-large bids and they were seeded 6, 7, 7, and 10. This is why I don't watch the tourney anymore. Changing conferences will not help get tourney bids.

Yup. P5+BE are flexing their financial muscles here...of course CBS & Turner didn't shell $10.8B for a bunch of unknowns to eat up air time either. Need to maximize those ad dollars.

MWC are not unknown. You have UNLV, New Mexico and Colorado State that have gone to the tournaments before. Boise State is on the rise and San Diego State are flexing their muscles lately. It did hurt losing BYU, but hey did gain with Boise State. As for the P5 and Big East? Some of those teams do not deserve to be in the 68 field as they usually go out in the first 2 rounds. (cough, oklahoma lost to North dakota State, cough)